Improvement in cartridge-ejectors for revolvers



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2 Sheets R WHITE. CARTRIDGE EJECTDRSFUR REVOLVERS. No. 179.084.

Patented. June 20,1876.

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. R. WHITE. CARTRIDGE EJ'ECTORS- FOR RE VOLVERS.

Patented June 20, 1876.

fip g H PETERS PHOTO LYHOGRAPHER NAsHlNGIov u c ROLLIN WHITE, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRlDGE-EJECTORS FOR REVOLVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. R 79,08d, dated J une 20, 1876; application filed May 23,1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RoLLIN WHITE, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Uartridge-Ejectors for Revolvers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompa-nying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object I have in view is an improvement in cartridge-ejectors for breech-loading cylinder fire-arms, by which the same may be more convenient and effective in operation; and the novelty therein consists, principally, in swiveling or pivoting the ejector in front of the cylinder in such a way that the operation of the ejector shall revolve the cylinder, so as to bring one chamber at a time in line with the discharge-barrel, and also in the various operative combinations of the principal parts of the mechanism which effect the abovenamed result.

In order that those skilled in the art may know how to make and use my improvement I now describe the same in connection with the drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of a pistol, with the eject or in position in front of the cylinder, and showing in dotted lines the ejector in position within a chamber of the cylinder; Fig. 2, a separate View of the ejector; Fig. 3, a modification of Fig. 1, showing the ejector connected with, and operated by, either the ham- Iner or the trigger of the pistol; Fig. 4, a modification of the ejector shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig. 5 a cross-section on the line a: 00 3 Fig. 4.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in each figure.

In the drawings, A represents the cylinder, with chambers to passing through the same, and B the discharge-barrel of the pistol, and U a rod rigidly secured under the barrel, upon which the ejector D is swiveled or pivoted. 'Ihis ejector is composed of a hollow shank, I), through which the rod 0 passes, a shoulder, c, at the inner end of said shank, an arm, d, secured to the end of the shoulder, and a spiral spring, 6, which encircles the rod 0, and is secured at one end to such rod and at the other end to the shank b. Upon one side of the barrel B is secured an incline, E, tapering to the front. Upon the outside of the shoulder 0 there may be a suitable thumbpiece,f, and, if need be, other projectionsf f upon the shank, to give a better grasp to the hand of the operator.

It will be seen, then, that, supposing one or more chambers of thepistol to be discharged, and the operator desires to remove the cartridge, he causes the end of the ejector-arm to enter the chamber of the cylinder most convenient to it, and, forcing the ejector into such chamber, the shoulder 0 runs up the incline E, by means of whichthe ejector is rotated sufficiently to rotate the cylinder the desired distance. The ejector-arm, passing through one of the chambers of the cylinder, backs the cartridge-shell out of the same, and when released by the hand by means of the spring 0, the incline returns to its normal position in front of the cylinder. It will be seen, however, that instead of having this ejector operated directly by the hand upon its shank, it can be operated readily by the hammer, or by the trigger, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of connections pivoted to the shank, and to the hammer or trigger, respectively.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, instead of having the shank b secured to the ejectorarm (I, and having-such shankslide upon the rod (3, the shank is pivoted upon the inner end of such rod, which in this case needs only to be long enough for that purpose, and the ejectorarm (1 passes through the shank, and instead of the shoulder 0 upon the shank to ride upon the incline E, this shoulderc is upon the ejector-arm, the operation in each instance being identically the same, it being evident that the ejector-arm must not rotate within the shank, to prevent which it may be made angular or grooved, or have any of the ordinary appliances to produce the desired result.

The advantages of my contrivance are obvious upon inspection, as it will enable the manufacturer to dispense with expensive and delicate machinery connected with the rot-aticn of the cylinder, and avoids the liability of such machinery to get out of order, will enable the ejection of the cartridge-shell to be more certain, and will be equally efficacious to back out a loaded shell, if desired.

My improvement, however, can be readily applied to all breech-loading cylinder firearms where the cylinder is rotated by the movement of the hammer or of the trigger, or in any other-known way.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new therein is 1. In combination with a breech-loading cylinder fire-arm, a cartridge-ejector, swiveled or pivoted in front of the same, and adapted to rotate the cylinder while it is ejecting the cartridge, or be rotated by such cylinder, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a cartridge-ejector mal position.

This specification signed and witnessed this 23d day of May, 1876.

' ROLLIN WHITE. Witnesses:

JOHN W. FRAZEE, CHARLES THURMAN. 

